#relationship

When I speak of life and love as expanding with age, sex seems the least important thing. At any age we grow by the enlarging of consciousness, by learning a new language, or a new art or craft (gardening?) that implies a new way of looking at the universe. Love is one of the great enlargers of the person because it requires us to "take in" the stranger and to understand him, and to exercise restraint and tolerance as well as imagination to make the relationship work. ↗

— May Sarton

#love #relationships #sex #age

It had all seemed as inevitable as sunset. Instead it was the beauty of the sun glinting upon the scythe. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #infidelity #marriage #relationships #seperation

It's always seemed to me that flirtation is a man's device for avoiding responsibility. He can say whatever he wants and knows he won't be taken seriously. ↗

— G.G. Vandagriff

#men #relationships #responsibility #men

The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#dependent #disarmament #extent #first #great

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#death #god #his #humanity #i

I was just trying to open the doors... but walls fell down ↗

— Saket Assertive

#life #phylosophy #relationship #walls #life

You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging. 'It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.' Kristy and Macy; p.135 ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#relationship #truth #change

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#been #conversation #during #had #last

I wanted to have a good relationship. One that's romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren't really that simple. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#love #relationships #age

When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life. ↗

— Shauna Niequist

#friendship #relationships #faith